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How to Play Mega Millions Lottery

Mega Millions winning numbers are drawn on Tuesdays and Fridays at 23:00 EST*. Buy Mega Millions lottery tickets online by selecting five main numbers (from 1-70) and a Mega Ball (from 25) for each line. Choose your Mega Millions number manually, with quick pick, or from your saved numbers to buy your official Mega Millions lottery ticket. Match 5+1 to become an American lottery multi-millionaire and win a guaranteed $1,000,000 second place prize for all five main numbers! Learn how to purchase official lottery tickets on theLotter and how it works here.

*Wednesdays and Saturdays 14:00 AEDT

Can I Play Mega Millions Lottery from Outside the US?

Yes! Mega Millions tickets are offered for sale in 46 US states and territories. When you play Mega Millions online with theLotter from anywhere in the world, an official lottery ticket is bought locally on your behalf. A scan of your Mega Millions ticket will be available as part of theLotter’s See Your Ticket Service in time for the Tuesday or Friday night draw.

Mega Millions Megaplier to Maximise Your Money

The Mega Millions Megaplier can multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2-5 times. Select the Megaplier multiplier option by checking the box below the form when you buy official Mega Millions lottery tickets online with theLotter, and a second place prize win will be worth between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000, and third place can grow as high as $50,000!

How to Claim Mega Millions Online Prizes at theLotter

When you win a Mega Millions prize on theLotter you will receive an automated email (or SMS) to let you know you’ve won! Prizes will be transferred directly into your theLotter account after the results are published and soon after the receipt of the prize from the official lottery operator. Please note, the jackpot and second place prizes may need to be collected in person. In these cases, theLotter will pay for your flight to the US! Mega Millions lottery winnings are subject to US State and Federal taxes.

How Can I Be Sure I'll Receive My Winnings?

Playing with theLotter is easy and secure. A confirmation email at time of ticket purchase is sent to you as proof of ownership. Furthermore, you will receive a scanned copy of the ticket in your account as proof-of-purchase after the ticket has been purchased by our local office. All winnings are 100% yours -- theLotter has no legal claim to your tickets per the Terms of Use. Since 2002, theLotter has paid out well over $80 million in prize money to more than 3 million winners!

theLotter’s Mega Millions Online Lottery Winners

We are proud to share the stories of theLotter's players who have won huge prizes playing the Mega Millions lottery. Nataliia from Ukraine matched the five main numbers in the draw on 26 September 2017 to become our first Mega Millions millionaire. Her Mega Millions subscription using the Quick Pick numbers not only ensured that she would never miss a single draw, but also ended up winning her a $1 million prize!

Earlier big Mega Millions winners at theLotter included Spanish player B.G. who won a $250,000 second place prize in the Mega Millions draw on 20 March 2012. A year earlier, N.B. traveled from his home in Switzerland to New York to collect his $250,000 Mega Millions prize after winning in the draw on 26 April 2011. And T.K. from New York was our first huge Mega Millions winner when he won $250,000 in October 2009. Will you be theLotter’s next big Mega Millions winner? Play online today and find out!

How to Win the Mega Millions Online Lottery Jackpot

Match all five main Mega Millions winning numbers plus the Mega Ball, and you will be entitled to your share of a multi-million dollar jackpot. Mega Millions’ starting jackpot is $40,000,000. Its personal best was also a world record for four years; it awarded a $656 million jackpot in March 2012. One third of this huge prize was won by the 'Three Amigos', three members of what is possibly the most famous winning lottery syndicate.

Mega Millions again surpassed the half-billion dollar mark again with a jackpot worth $648 million in December 2013! The Mega Millions world record stood until January 2016, when Powerball took over the crown as the lottery champion of the world with a $1.568 billion jackpot.

Latest News About Mega Millions Lottery Players

The Mega Millions jackpot rolled over in the latest draw. Three lucky players each won a $1 million Match 5 prize – from Kentucky, Michigan, and New York. The jackpot is now set at $168 million ($99 million cash option) and the next draw will take place on Friday 16 February 2018.

After 22 rollovers without a grand prize winner, the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot was finally won in the draw on Friday 5 January 2018. The winner of the jackpot has been identified as 20-year-old Shane Missler, of Port Richey, Florida. He elected to take a lump sum payout of $281.2 million. This was the fourth largest jackpot in the history of Mega Millions!

Founded in February, 2002, theLotter is the first of its kind, offering people the freedom to purchase official lottery tickets from around the world. Over the years we have provided millions of players with tickets to lotteries across the globe, and enjoyed having more than one million winners on this site. We charge a handling fee, already included in the ticket price, which allows us to operate without taking any commissions from what our users win, no matter how big their prize is!